Inauguration of the New School Building in Thandwe October 11th 2010 - After only four months of construction the newly built wing of the “Nga Kyaw Taung” - Thandwe Governmental Middle School was inaugurated.The building was built with the donations of the German based charity organization “Myanmar Development Aid” (MDA) in cooperation with Uniteam Marine Yangon (UMY) who oversaw the entire building and refurnishing process. Special thanks have to be said to Capt. Than Oo and Capt. Jerzy Wilk from UMY for all their effort. A festive opening ceremony was held under the patronage of the assigned Myanmar state Minister with speeches given by the minster,the representatives of the district government and educational board, as well as the school director. Uniteam Marine Chairman Mr. Gerhard Ruether, representing MDA and UMY, together with the district and school officials gave way for the use of the new building by jointly cutting the ribbon. The two story building can fit up to 360 pupils in its six classrooms, each taking up to 60 children from the age of 5 from the age of 5 – 13 years. The new school wing was desperately needed as the Middle School had become far too small for all of its 900 students. © 2008 - Myanmar Development Aid e.V. Editorial|Donors & Sponsors The construction of the new school building in the district town of Thandwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine State was one of several school projects which MDA and UMY financed and oversaw in the last two years since the founding of MDA in May 2008.